Saturday, February 14, 2009
Fuego en la Sangre, 02/13/09: Feo the Phoenix Arises From His Ash Heap and Motherly Love Eventually Outs Eva
Capítulos 198 & 199
[As we begin our journey back into celluloid insanity, we start a few scenes further in to avoid as much of Uni’s ten additional minutes of filler as we can. –ed.]
By the light of the inevitable and eternally full moon of Mexiloon, Fernando is nourishing Gabriela’s ever-increasing sense of paranoia by trying to talk her into allowing herself to be buried alive in order to make everybody think she’s dead so they can blow this taco stand and avoid being caught by their enemies (the ones that Feo hasn’t successfully offed yet). (Query 1: How does he plan to make the doctor think she’s stopped breathing and essentially reached room temperature, not to mention pull off the ruse long enough to have the wake, the mass and the burial? Query 2: Wouldn’t it just be easier to fake suicide?) He says he would dig her up immediately afterwards himself and they would head for parts unknown with the money she’s put together from the sale of the hacienda and what’s in her personal accounts.
Gabi’s survival instinct kicks in re: her childhood fears, and she refuses to go along with the hare-brained idea. She won’t discuss it any further because it’s freaking her out. (Speaking of freaky, what’s with Feo’s 3-day old stubble and the filthy clothes again? He sneaks in and out of that bungalow and their bedroom continually and can’t take the time to clean up or shave in between failed murder attempts? Phew! Forget smelling salts. The stench from all that b.o. and the halitosis should have brought Sarita to her senses way before Franco found her!) Fer tells Gabi he’s got to go back to retrieve something they took from him, and to just think about the idea then leaves.
At the clinic Franco learns Sarita’s fine and just needs to sleep it off. The others show up at Sarita’s bedside chattering up a storm and ask where Franco found her. He explains she was knocked out in the cottage with her shirt ripped open. They wonder who could have attacked her and if she was left untouched. No, it seems she was fine. He croons her awake and she immediately claims –ta-dah!!--that Fernando Escandon is A-L-I-I-I-V-E! Caritas impactadas all ‘round.
Gabi gets back to her office and begins to lose it. She’s started talking to herself again, but what’s worse is now she’s answering, too. Gabi keeps repeating aloud that she cannot allow herself to be buried alive and Fernando has got to be told no-go.
In town at the little clinic, nobody actually believes that Fernando is alive and they tell Sarita that the knock on her noggin has got her all confused, but she is certain it was him she saw. Juan asks if she got a good look at him and she says no, because things were still fuzzy, but she knows it was him. Everyone argues with her that it’s impossible because he was blown to bits in the truck explosion. Slowfia comments to Juan that Fer cannot possibly still be alive. (Why are we not surprised?) He pulls Sofia aside and confides to her that he has his suspicions about it being Fernando but can’t explain till later. Juan then goes back to the group and asks Franco if he saw or noticed anything suspicious at the bungalow, but Franco admits that when Sarita came to and started groaning his first thought was to get her to a doctor. Besides, he adds, Padre Tadeo insisted that whoever he might find there he was specifically to ignore him.
Fer, in the meantime, returns to the sacristy (Padre Tadeo’s little office in the church) and starts rummaging around in various hidy-holes for his money as Nabor walks in on him.
At the Double R (Hacienda de los Robles-Reyes) meanwhile, Hortensia walks in on Rigo and Eugenia and overhears their talking about his tumor. He admits to her that it’s returned. The three of them tearfully console one another and determine to leave it all up to Divine Providence.
Back at the sacristy, Nabor accuses Fernando and screams that apart from lying about his death to everyone he’s now pillaging around in the sacristy and defiling it by trying to steal whatever’s valuable. Fer yells back that he’s only taking the stuff to make up for the money of his that they found and took from him. Nabor is surprised to find out that what he found in the bag was Fernando’s and says he’s glad he doesn’t have it to give back to him now; that Padre Tadeo has it. Fer tries to leave with his knapsack full of valuables (okay, so maybe it's a pillow case he stole off somebody's clothesline) and Nabor makes the mistake of trying to stop him and gets beaten up and kicked in the mouth for his troubles.
Outside Rigo prays to a shrine of the virgencita and asks that since he’s resigned to going with her would she protect his loved ones. He goes inside to the sacristy and finds Fer beating up on Nabor, screaming at him to tell him where the priest put his money. Nabor yells at Rigo to high-tail it for the Reyes’s and tell them that Fernando is really alive. Rigo runs out. Feo runs out right after.
Back at the clinic, Juan tells Sofia that she and her sisters are going to have to move to the Double R with them before things get any worse around there. She refuses to leave Mama alone in the hacienda because she’s so sick. Jimena tells her that normally she’d understand but the three of them are in danger and more so now that somebody attacked Sarita. Juan says they cannot be expected to protect them otherwise, especially if they have no idea who their enemy is. Sarita asks him if he believes her about Feo being alive. He says he does and that he’s always suspected that the creep faked his death.
Oscar disagrees and says they saw him blown to bits inside his truck, but Juan says he remembers he told Oscar when he shot that bullet through the window that the person in there didn’t move. As far as he’s concerned, Fernando put somebody else in there to take his place to make them believe he was really dead. Franco agrees with Juan. Just then Rigo comes running into the room and yells excitedly that he just saw Fernando Escandon alive in the sacristy. The men all run to the church to find him. Sarita asks Sofia if it could be true that Fer was the one who attacked her.
Fernando ends up in the graveyard looking for a place to hide for the night. (With all the ghouls there, I’m sure he’s in the company of fiends…er …friends.)
Back at the little clinic Sofia begs Sarita to tell her that Fer didn’t do anything to her. Sarita is crying at the mere thought that Fer would attack her like that.
Juan and his brothers find Nabor all bloodied and beaten in the sacristy. Nabor informs them that Fer just left and took all the valuables from the church. They run out to search for him and nary a peep about telling Comisario Muttonchops.
Back in her office at the Double E (Hacienda de las Elizondo y del Escandon a Escondidas) Gabi nurses another brandy and wonders where her beloved Feo has gone and what it was he had to get back. She’s mad at life now that everything is going sour and everybody seems to be against her. (Same ol’, same ol’ yada yada.) She’d love to run away but being buried alive won’t be part of the plan if she does. Feo’s just got to understand.
At the clinic Sofia and Jimena are trying to comfort Sarita. Sarita says that she remembers now that there was somebody else there in the bungalow with her and Fer. She can’t remember who, but the voice was familiar. She says she doesn’t think the attack was meant for her, either. It seemed that it was a trap set for somebody else. Sofia is impactada because she suddenly remembers that Mama made a big deal about insisting Sofia should stop everything to go over to the bungalow immediately to see what she could find out about what might have happened to Root. She tells her sisters that she thinks the trap was set for her. Sarita and Jimena are surprised to hear that Mama and Fer would have collaborated together to attack Sofia. (¡Qué horrible!)
That night Quintina goes out to dinner at some fancy restaurant in Puebla City with her new bidnez associate and his wife. We get a PSA from the Mexican Government about how the average rube should order their meat in “polite society” and what a finger bowl is. The guy and his wife laugh at Quintina’s supposed wit and they laugh and chuckle amongst themselves as she endearingly (not) flicks water at them from her finger bowl. (¡Qué encantadora! Yes. Charming. Apparently, you are allowed to splash water from the finger bowls at the table like a bunch of kindergarteners as long as you remember to order your food with your pinkies properly poised. FF>>)
We beam back to Cd. Serdán where Juan, Franco, and Oscar have apparently found Pad Tad in his office and they’re complaining about the padre knowing all along that Fernando was alive. According to the priest, it’s enough for him that if not in this life, then in the Afterlife, Fer will suffer in sulfured surroundings. Juan is frustrated that the priest never bothered to tell them…er…warn them, but the priest can’t quite get them to understand that he couldn’t break his vows, especially when after he tried to, God brought him back to life. Juan can’t reconcile Tadeo’s having left them all like that at the mercy of a total sociopath. “Baloney! My brothers and I saved your life, Padre!” The priest insists that he couldn’t be disrespectful to the virgencita, etc., etc. Oscar gets angry now. “Despite innocent lives?” Padre Tadeo yells back self-righteously some mumbo jumbo that yes, when words aren’t as appropriate as silence, it’s better to keep quiet.
Pad Tad calms back down a few seconds later and says anyway, he’s not the one to give them the answers they require; there’s someone else that they should be asking, not him. Juan says he knows who, but as for him, he’s not sure he can ever believe Tadeo again. They storm out of the church in disgust leaving Pad Tad yammering on about his only being the servant of God and a soldier of Christ (and Viewerville agreeing with the Reyes’s that when it comes to helping them fight E-e-evil, he’s been every bit as useless as a three-dollar bill or, shall we say, teats on a bull).
Meanwhile, Feo stumbles into the cemetery’s tool shed to spend the night. He can’t stand the place. He was born for greater things. Anyway, he thinks about all the people that he’s killed and that many of them are buried there.
Sofia tells her sisters that what happened to Sarita could have been a trap for her. She is convinced that Fer’s always wanted to get back at her since she’d always despised and spurned him. She tells them then how Mama had specifically sent her to the cottage to find out what had happened to Root and if it hadn’t been for Rosendo coming to get her to help check on Mr. Ed, she’d have been the one in the bungalow instead of Sarita. So, apparently, Fernando must have mistaken Sarita for her. Jimena still finds it hard to believe that Mama, as harsh and demanding as she might be, would actually have tried to have somebody off one of her own daughters.
Back at the Double E, Tio V.O., Juan and his brothers confront Gabi with what they’ve learned and now suspect. “You knew that Fernando Escandon was still alive and you hid him in the bungalow!” She denies all and insists Feo’s dead and that they’re trying to drive her crazy by bringing him back up to her now. Oscar tells her to stop lying. “Not only did you know he was really alive, but you helped him set a trap to attack one of your daughters!” She insists that she cannot understand how they could dare accuse her of something so vile. Vicente says they know she wants to confuse the issue, but this time she’s not going to succeed. None of them believes her.
Juan says they know that she and Fer put on a show for them all, but they’re not idiots. (Pardon me while I swallow a snicker and try unsuccessfully not to choke on that ill-timed sip of my copa.) He reminds her that they aren’t forgetting that their sister spent her last few hours in this damned hacienda, either. Gabi becomes bug-eyed impactada. “Yes, we know that she came here to Bernardo Elizondo’s funeral wake, and that you treated her like crap! Like crap! (That's a loose translation but go with me here.) Because of it, she raced out of here eating herself up with rage and sadness! Fernando Escandon raced out to follow her, to kill her, and kill her he did! He killed her! I will only say one thing to you: we know he is alive and we are going to get pay-back! A life for a life!” Gabi screams back at him that if that’s the way it is, he should just go ahead and kill her right then and there. "So, get even and kill me!"
Juan warns her not to tempt him. Gabi’s on a roll, though. “--And then you will kill Sofia from the pain of killing her mother!” Juan shoves it right back at Gabi. “Her mother? Are you referring to Eva? Because YOU certainly aren’t her mother! Eva is her mother and it’s only because I love and respect her that I haven’t told her. I am warning you: soon enough Justice is going to catch up to you --and we are going to make sure of that ourselves!” Gabi plays the anger card again and screams at them to get out of her house because they’re driving her crazy. Oscar sneers, “Ha! You’re already crazy.” He turns to the others and says, “Let’s go.” Juan looks her dead in the eye and warns her again as he turns to leave, “Very soon!” Now Gabi starts mumbling over and over (as the director hits us over the head with the symbolism) and she backs herself into one of the corners of her, now, very confining little office. "Fernando was right! They’re closing in on us! They’re closing in on us!”
After dinner, Quintina and her quasi-Chippendale wanna-be’s shake their pantied patooties in a private show for the new business associate and his wife. (Creepy. Very creepy –and really ba-a-a-d choreography…. FF>>)
The Reyes’s return home. Juan’s bugged that Feo hasn’t shown up anywhere yet. Franco wonders if he could have split, but Juan says no way since the leech is stuck like glue to Gabriela Elizondo because she’s his gravy-train. Besides, he says, Feo’s not going to give up his main objective which is to kill them all. They decide it’s best to get the women and bring them back to the hacienda right away and so they head back into town for them.
Back at the ghoul-shed, Feo swears he’ll make sure that neither the Reyes’ nor Sofia will be able to live happily ever after.
Franco is again watching over Sarita who is now sound asleep in hopes of recovering from the knock to her noggin. Totally ignoring the fact that the love of his life is in definite need of some major recovery Z-z’s, Franco is so moved by his love that the urge to sing overcomes him. He belts out another ballad, complete with magical elf orchestral accompaniment. Thankfully, the drugs the doc gave Sarita are damned good ones, and she manages to sleep through the ruckous this time. (Viewerville is not so fortunate, but it has learned to appreciate modern technology and that eighth wonder of the world, the FF>> button.)
Morning once again returns to Cd. Serdán and Gabi shows up bright and early at the church to throw off suspicions about her and Fer plotting to do in her daughters. Padre Tadeo doesn’t believe that she really is concerned at all about Sarita. She shouts back at him that of course she is, as much as she would be for her other daughter, Jimena. Tadeo says it wouldn’t seem so from the way she treats them. He adds that he cannot understand how she continues to prefer Fernando to them. She tries shouting him down and insists that Fer is dead, but he interrupts her before she can finish her sentence. “He’s alive! Alive!” She stops in mid-scream. “--Enough already! Everything has its limits and mine were reached quite a while ago!”
Padre Tadeo then angrily reminds Gabi that she’s been excommunicated and wonders what she’s doing there in the house of God. She doesn’t answer so he reminds her that he’s obliged to beg her to repent. She won’t and howls at him that he’s never to set foot in her house again and says that she’ll do likewise. She storms out and heads over to the clinic to see Sarita.
A few minutes later Gabi enters the clinic, dressed in her black leather trench coat like a Nazi SS officer, as the music’s crescendo reminiscently rises like something out of some B&W ‘50’s Z-rated horror flick. (Viewerville eagerly waits to see if the cross on the wall behind her spins around like a compass and ends upside down ala The Exorcist. --I think pea soup sales just took a dive in Méjico). She stands there looking at Sarita and can’t understand why she doesn’t feel a thing for her daughters. Gabi then sits down on the bed and tries to wake her. Sarita opens her eyes and remembers Fer and Mama’s conversation in the bungalow and Mama begging, “Don’t go, Fernando!” Sarita blurts out, “It was you with Fernando in the bungalow the night I was attacked! It was you! It was your voice! It was you!” Gabi keeps denying it and screams in frustration that Sarita is a wicked, mean daughter, but Sarita won’t stop insisting it was her. Gabi gives up and races out of the clinic, leaving poor Sarita heartbroken. “It was her….” Sarita whimpers.
A while later Sarita tells Jimena what happened during Mama’s visit. Jimena is tearfully impactada and says it’s difficult to believe that of Mama but then, she also knows her sister doesn’t lie about things, either. They’re both heartbroken because, as Sarita acknowledges, the ugly truth is that Mama really doesn’t love any of them at all.
At the same time, the Reyes’s are galloping along one of the back-roads into town when they spy Fermin walking along in the same direction. They surround him and force him to stop. Juan starts in on him. “Just where are YOU going, you devil? Are you planning on fooling Padre Tadeo again?” Fermin says no, just the reverse. It’s true he was a coward, but no longer. He’s going back to give his statement and to give up all the goodies on Fer. He’s telling the authorities about the murders Fer committed and will admit he kept mum about them all, beginning with the murders of Right-armando and Rosario. The brothers are share-a-stare impactado.
Sofia now pays a visit to Padre Tadeo at the church and tells him that she suspects what happened to Sarita was meant for her, and that Mama and Fernando were in cahoots together in planning it. He tells her that the time has come for her to demand The Truth.
A bit later, Gabi is coming down the back stairs of the Double E and thinking to herself that with the money from the sale of the hacienda and what she has in her personal account she and Fer can live well and far, far away from the long arm of the law. She’s lost in thought when Sofia shows up and confronts her. Sofia says she wants to know exactly what happened in the bungalow the other night. Gabi, her usual snippy self, says Fernando attacked Sarita and that’s all there is to know. Sofia says, au contraire ma mère (in Spanish, of course). Fer attacked Sarita by mistake and the one he really wanted to hurt was her; that the worst of it is that Mama agreed to it. Gabi tries to deflect again. “Are you accusing ME?” Sofia says yes, and what’s more, they even wanted to hurt her, maybe even to kill her!
Gabi plays the incredulously insulted mother card. “How could you say something like that? You, my very own daughter! –Oh, but now I understand everything! It was you who put those crazy ideas into Sarita’s head and forced her to accuse me! YOU are the one who has preached to your sisters, not the other way around and, as always, the rotten apple spoils the barrel.” Slowfia denies it sweetly, and continues to eat her favorite: humble pie. Mama launches into another tirade ASAP. “Of course it’s true and you and your sisters agreed to single me out and undoubtedly would enjoy seeing me die behind bars!”
Gabi starts to walk away but Sofia isn’t quite finished yet. “Enough with the emotional blackmail, all ready! I didn’t say a thing to Sarita. I came here to say that you were the one who sent me straight to the bungalow. If it weren’t for Rosendo, I am sure that Fernando would have killed me!” Gabi changes tactics and starts with the crocodile tears. “Where do you get this foolishness? The only reason I sent you is because you insisted on finding out what happened to Root! How was I supposed to know that Fernando was alive and hiding out there in the bungalow?” (Damn! I’ve got the pattern down pat in ten months. Slowfia’s lived with this b!tch for two decades and she still can’t see past this pile of maternal bull-puckey.) Gabi starts to walk off again, and again Sofia stops her. “I just came from speaking to Padre Tadeo. He told me it’s time to demand The Truth, Mama. That’s precisely what I’ve come for. Why do you hate me so much and why would you rather become a murderer-- in order to see me killed off?”
Gabi lets fly with another signature lollapalooza slap and nearly knocks Sofia over. She screams about how utterly wicked she is. (Sofia checks to see if her teeth are all still there.) “How could you speak to your mother that way???” Sofia makes the mistake of actually trying to smart back. “It’s YOU who’s forgotten that I am your daughter.” Gabi whips around and raises her arm for round two. Eva steps out of nowhere to get in between the two of them and takes the blow for Sofia at the last instant. Eva then takes the back of her hand and whaps Gabriela a good one on the jaw, not once, but twice --just for good measure. “Don’t you dare! Don’t touch my daughter again! Don’t. Touch. My. Daughter. Again!”
Slowfia, the eternally confused, cannot understand the meaning of what she just heard. “Eva! What are you saying?” “—The truth, the truth that I should have told you as soon as I learned it. Come on. I’m going to tell you. Let’s go.” Gabi tries to stop them. “Eva, shut up!” Eva refuses. “NO! Never again will I ‘shut up’! I want everyone to know, beginning with my daughter.” To Slowfia: “Sofia, you are not this…this … woman’s daughter. (Telenovela rules forbid Eva from actually using cuss words.) You are my daughter. You are the daughter I’ve been looking for my whole life long. Yes, you are my daughter, my real daughter. My really, real daughter!” Sofia is knock-me-over-with-a-feather-impactada and can only stare as Eva’s words ricochet around in her brain. “Yes, you are my daughter, my real daughter. My really, real daughter!”
[As we begin our journey back into celluloid insanity, we start a few scenes further in to avoid as much of Uni’s ten additional minutes of filler as we can. –ed.]
Gabi’s survival instinct kicks in re: her childhood fears, and she refuses to go along with the hare-brained idea. She won’t discuss it any further because it’s freaking her out. (Speaking of freaky, what’s with Feo’s 3-day old stubble and the filthy clothes again? He sneaks in and out of that bungalow and their bedroom continually and can’t take the time to clean up or shave in between failed murder attempts? Phew! Forget smelling salts. The stench from all that b.o. and the halitosis should have brought Sarita to her senses way before Franco found her!) Fer tells Gabi he’s got to go back to retrieve something they took from him, and to just think about the idea then leaves.
At the clinic Franco learns Sarita’s fine and just needs to sleep it off. The others show up at Sarita’s bedside chattering up a storm and ask where Franco found her. He explains she was knocked out in the cottage with her shirt ripped open. They wonder who could have attacked her and if she was left untouched. No, it seems she was fine. He croons her awake and she immediately claims –ta-dah!!--that Fernando Escandon is A-L-I-I-I-V-E! Caritas impactadas all ‘round.
Gabi gets back to her office and begins to lose it. She’s started talking to herself again, but what’s worse is now she’s answering, too. Gabi keeps repeating aloud that she cannot allow herself to be buried alive and Fernando has got to be told no-go.
In town at the little clinic, nobody actually believes that Fernando is alive and they tell Sarita that the knock on her noggin has got her all confused, but she is certain it was him she saw. Juan asks if she got a good look at him and she says no, because things were still fuzzy, but she knows it was him. Everyone argues with her that it’s impossible because he was blown to bits in the truck explosion. Slowfia comments to Juan that Fer cannot possibly still be alive. (Why are we not surprised?) He pulls Sofia aside and confides to her that he has his suspicions about it being Fernando but can’t explain till later. Juan then goes back to the group and asks Franco if he saw or noticed anything suspicious at the bungalow, but Franco admits that when Sarita came to and started groaning his first thought was to get her to a doctor. Besides, he adds, Padre Tadeo insisted that whoever he might find there he was specifically to ignore him.
Fer, in the meantime, returns to the sacristy (Padre Tadeo’s little office in the church) and starts rummaging around in various hidy-holes for his money as Nabor walks in on him.
At the Double R (Hacienda de los Robles-Reyes) meanwhile, Hortensia walks in on Rigo and Eugenia and overhears their talking about his tumor. He admits to her that it’s returned. The three of them tearfully console one another and determine to leave it all up to Divine Providence.
Back at the sacristy, Nabor accuses Fernando and screams that apart from lying about his death to everyone he’s now pillaging around in the sacristy and defiling it by trying to steal whatever’s valuable. Fer yells back that he’s only taking the stuff to make up for the money of his that they found and took from him. Nabor is surprised to find out that what he found in the bag was Fernando’s and says he’s glad he doesn’t have it to give back to him now; that Padre Tadeo has it. Fer tries to leave with his knapsack full of valuables (okay, so maybe it's a pillow case he stole off somebody's clothesline) and Nabor makes the mistake of trying to stop him and gets beaten up and kicked in the mouth for his troubles.
Outside Rigo prays to a shrine of the virgencita and asks that since he’s resigned to going with her would she protect his loved ones. He goes inside to the sacristy and finds Fer beating up on Nabor, screaming at him to tell him where the priest put his money. Nabor yells at Rigo to high-tail it for the Reyes’s and tell them that Fernando is really alive. Rigo runs out. Feo runs out right after.
Back at the clinic, Juan tells Sofia that she and her sisters are going to have to move to the Double R with them before things get any worse around there. She refuses to leave Mama alone in the hacienda because she’s so sick. Jimena tells her that normally she’d understand but the three of them are in danger and more so now that somebody attacked Sarita. Juan says they cannot be expected to protect them otherwise, especially if they have no idea who their enemy is. Sarita asks him if he believes her about Feo being alive. He says he does and that he’s always suspected that the creep faked his death.
Oscar disagrees and says they saw him blown to bits inside his truck, but Juan says he remembers he told Oscar when he shot that bullet through the window that the person in there didn’t move. As far as he’s concerned, Fernando put somebody else in there to take his place to make them believe he was really dead. Franco agrees with Juan. Just then Rigo comes running into the room and yells excitedly that he just saw Fernando Escandon alive in the sacristy. The men all run to the church to find him. Sarita asks Sofia if it could be true that Fer was the one who attacked her.
Fernando ends up in the graveyard looking for a place to hide for the night. (With all the ghouls there, I’m sure he’s in the company of fiends…er …friends.)
Back at the little clinic Sofia begs Sarita to tell her that Fer didn’t do anything to her. Sarita is crying at the mere thought that Fer would attack her like that.
Juan and his brothers find Nabor all bloodied and beaten in the sacristy. Nabor informs them that Fer just left and took all the valuables from the church. They run out to search for him and nary a peep about telling Comisario Muttonchops.
Back in her office at the Double E (Hacienda de las Elizondo y del Escandon a Escondidas) Gabi nurses another brandy and wonders where her beloved Feo has gone and what it was he had to get back. She’s mad at life now that everything is going sour and everybody seems to be against her. (Same ol’, same ol’ yada yada.) She’d love to run away but being buried alive won’t be part of the plan if she does. Feo’s just got to understand.
At the clinic Sofia and Jimena are trying to comfort Sarita. Sarita says that she remembers now that there was somebody else there in the bungalow with her and Fer. She can’t remember who, but the voice was familiar. She says she doesn’t think the attack was meant for her, either. It seemed that it was a trap set for somebody else. Sofia is impactada because she suddenly remembers that Mama made a big deal about insisting Sofia should stop everything to go over to the bungalow immediately to see what she could find out about what might have happened to Root. She tells her sisters that she thinks the trap was set for her. Sarita and Jimena are surprised to hear that Mama and Fer would have collaborated together to attack Sofia. (¡Qué horrible!)
That night Quintina goes out to dinner at some fancy restaurant in Puebla City with her new bidnez associate and his wife. We get a PSA from the Mexican Government about how the average rube should order their meat in “polite society” and what a finger bowl is. The guy and his wife laugh at Quintina’s supposed wit and they laugh and chuckle amongst themselves as she endearingly (not) flicks water at them from her finger bowl. (¡Qué encantadora! Yes. Charming. Apparently, you are allowed to splash water from the finger bowls at the table like a bunch of kindergarteners as long as you remember to order your food with your pinkies properly poised. FF>>)
We beam back to Cd. Serdán where Juan, Franco, and Oscar have apparently found Pad Tad in his office and they’re complaining about the padre knowing all along that Fernando was alive. According to the priest, it’s enough for him that if not in this life, then in the Afterlife, Fer will suffer in sulfured surroundings. Juan is frustrated that the priest never bothered to tell them…er…warn them, but the priest can’t quite get them to understand that he couldn’t break his vows, especially when after he tried to, God brought him back to life. Juan can’t reconcile Tadeo’s having left them all like that at the mercy of a total sociopath. “Baloney! My brothers and I saved your life, Padre!” The priest insists that he couldn’t be disrespectful to the virgencita, etc., etc. Oscar gets angry now. “Despite innocent lives?” Padre Tadeo yells back self-righteously some mumbo jumbo that yes, when words aren’t as appropriate as silence, it’s better to keep quiet.
Pad Tad calms back down a few seconds later and says anyway, he’s not the one to give them the answers they require; there’s someone else that they should be asking, not him. Juan says he knows who, but as for him, he’s not sure he can ever believe Tadeo again. They storm out of the church in disgust leaving Pad Tad yammering on about his only being the servant of God and a soldier of Christ (and Viewerville agreeing with the Reyes’s that when it comes to helping them fight E-e-evil, he’s been every bit as useless as a three-dollar bill or, shall we say, teats on a bull).
Meanwhile, Feo stumbles into the cemetery’s tool shed to spend the night. He can’t stand the place. He was born for greater things. Anyway, he thinks about all the people that he’s killed and that many of them are buried there.
Sofia tells her sisters that what happened to Sarita could have been a trap for her. She is convinced that Fer’s always wanted to get back at her since she’d always despised and spurned him. She tells them then how Mama had specifically sent her to the cottage to find out what had happened to Root and if it hadn’t been for Rosendo coming to get her to help check on Mr. Ed, she’d have been the one in the bungalow instead of Sarita. So, apparently, Fernando must have mistaken Sarita for her. Jimena still finds it hard to believe that Mama, as harsh and demanding as she might be, would actually have tried to have somebody off one of her own daughters.
Back at the Double E, Tio V.O., Juan and his brothers confront Gabi with what they’ve learned and now suspect. “You knew that Fernando Escandon was still alive and you hid him in the bungalow!” She denies all and insists Feo’s dead and that they’re trying to drive her crazy by bringing him back up to her now. Oscar tells her to stop lying. “Not only did you know he was really alive, but you helped him set a trap to attack one of your daughters!” She insists that she cannot understand how they could dare accuse her of something so vile. Vicente says they know she wants to confuse the issue, but this time she’s not going to succeed. None of them believes her.
Juan says they know that she and Fer put on a show for them all, but they’re not idiots. (Pardon me while I swallow a snicker and try unsuccessfully not to choke on that ill-timed sip of my copa.) He reminds her that they aren’t forgetting that their sister spent her last few hours in this damned hacienda, either. Gabi becomes bug-eyed impactada. “Yes, we know that she came here to Bernardo Elizondo’s funeral wake, and that you treated her like crap! Like crap! (That's a loose translation but go with me here.) Because of it, she raced out of here eating herself up with rage and sadness! Fernando Escandon raced out to follow her, to kill her, and kill her he did! He killed her! I will only say one thing to you: we know he is alive and we are going to get pay-back! A life for a life!” Gabi screams back at him that if that’s the way it is, he should just go ahead and kill her right then and there. "So, get even and kill me!"
Juan warns her not to tempt him. Gabi’s on a roll, though. “--And then you will kill Sofia from the pain of killing her mother!” Juan shoves it right back at Gabi. “Her mother? Are you referring to Eva? Because YOU certainly aren’t her mother! Eva is her mother and it’s only because I love and respect her that I haven’t told her. I am warning you: soon enough Justice is going to catch up to you --and we are going to make sure of that ourselves!” Gabi plays the anger card again and screams at them to get out of her house because they’re driving her crazy. Oscar sneers, “Ha! You’re already crazy.” He turns to the others and says, “Let’s go.” Juan looks her dead in the eye and warns her again as he turns to leave, “Very soon!” Now Gabi starts mumbling over and over (as the director hits us over the head with the symbolism) and she backs herself into one of the corners of her, now, very confining little office. "Fernando was right! They’re closing in on us! They’re closing in on us!”
After dinner, Quintina and her quasi-Chippendale wanna-be’s shake their pantied patooties in a private show for the new business associate and his wife. (Creepy. Very creepy –and really ba-a-a-d choreography…. FF>>)
The Reyes’s return home. Juan’s bugged that Feo hasn’t shown up anywhere yet. Franco wonders if he could have split, but Juan says no way since the leech is stuck like glue to Gabriela Elizondo because she’s his gravy-train. Besides, he says, Feo’s not going to give up his main objective which is to kill them all. They decide it’s best to get the women and bring them back to the hacienda right away and so they head back into town for them.
Back at the ghoul-shed, Feo swears he’ll make sure that neither the Reyes’ nor Sofia will be able to live happily ever after.
Franco is again watching over Sarita who is now sound asleep in hopes of recovering from the knock to her noggin. Totally ignoring the fact that the love of his life is in definite need of some major recovery Z-z’s, Franco is so moved by his love that the urge to sing overcomes him. He belts out another ballad, complete with magical elf orchestral accompaniment. Thankfully, the drugs the doc gave Sarita are damned good ones, and she manages to sleep through the ruckous this time. (Viewerville is not so fortunate, but it has learned to appreciate modern technology and that eighth wonder of the world, the FF>> button.)
Morning once again returns to Cd. Serdán and Gabi shows up bright and early at the church to throw off suspicions about her and Fer plotting to do in her daughters. Padre Tadeo doesn’t believe that she really is concerned at all about Sarita. She shouts back at him that of course she is, as much as she would be for her other daughter, Jimena. Tadeo says it wouldn’t seem so from the way she treats them. He adds that he cannot understand how she continues to prefer Fernando to them. She tries shouting him down and insists that Fer is dead, but he interrupts her before she can finish her sentence. “He’s alive! Alive!” She stops in mid-scream. “--Enough already! Everything has its limits and mine were reached quite a while ago!”
Padre Tadeo then angrily reminds Gabi that she’s been excommunicated and wonders what she’s doing there in the house of God. She doesn’t answer so he reminds her that he’s obliged to beg her to repent. She won’t and howls at him that he’s never to set foot in her house again and says that she’ll do likewise. She storms out and heads over to the clinic to see Sarita.
A few minutes later Gabi enters the clinic, dressed in her black leather trench coat like a Nazi SS officer, as the music’s crescendo reminiscently rises like something out of some B&W ‘50’s Z-rated horror flick. (Viewerville eagerly waits to see if the cross on the wall behind her spins around like a compass and ends upside down ala The Exorcist. --I think pea soup sales just took a dive in Méjico). She stands there looking at Sarita and can’t understand why she doesn’t feel a thing for her daughters. Gabi then sits down on the bed and tries to wake her. Sarita opens her eyes and remembers Fer and Mama’s conversation in the bungalow and Mama begging, “Don’t go, Fernando!” Sarita blurts out, “It was you with Fernando in the bungalow the night I was attacked! It was you! It was your voice! It was you!” Gabi keeps denying it and screams in frustration that Sarita is a wicked, mean daughter, but Sarita won’t stop insisting it was her. Gabi gives up and races out of the clinic, leaving poor Sarita heartbroken. “It was her….” Sarita whimpers.
A while later Sarita tells Jimena what happened during Mama’s visit. Jimena is tearfully impactada and says it’s difficult to believe that of Mama but then, she also knows her sister doesn’t lie about things, either. They’re both heartbroken because, as Sarita acknowledges, the ugly truth is that Mama really doesn’t love any of them at all.
At the same time, the Reyes’s are galloping along one of the back-roads into town when they spy Fermin walking along in the same direction. They surround him and force him to stop. Juan starts in on him. “Just where are YOU going, you devil? Are you planning on fooling Padre Tadeo again?” Fermin says no, just the reverse. It’s true he was a coward, but no longer. He’s going back to give his statement and to give up all the goodies on Fer. He’s telling the authorities about the murders Fer committed and will admit he kept mum about them all, beginning with the murders of Right-armando and Rosario. The brothers are share-a-stare impactado.
Sofia now pays a visit to Padre Tadeo at the church and tells him that she suspects what happened to Sarita was meant for her, and that Mama and Fernando were in cahoots together in planning it. He tells her that the time has come for her to demand The Truth.
A bit later, Gabi is coming down the back stairs of the Double E and thinking to herself that with the money from the sale of the hacienda and what she has in her personal account she and Fer can live well and far, far away from the long arm of the law. She’s lost in thought when Sofia shows up and confronts her. Sofia says she wants to know exactly what happened in the bungalow the other night. Gabi, her usual snippy self, says Fernando attacked Sarita and that’s all there is to know. Sofia says, au contraire ma mère (in Spanish, of course). Fer attacked Sarita by mistake and the one he really wanted to hurt was her; that the worst of it is that Mama agreed to it. Gabi tries to deflect again. “Are you accusing ME?” Sofia says yes, and what’s more, they even wanted to hurt her, maybe even to kill her!
Gabi plays the incredulously insulted mother card. “How could you say something like that? You, my very own daughter! –Oh, but now I understand everything! It was you who put those crazy ideas into Sarita’s head and forced her to accuse me! YOU are the one who has preached to your sisters, not the other way around and, as always, the rotten apple spoils the barrel.” Slowfia denies it sweetly, and continues to eat her favorite: humble pie. Mama launches into another tirade ASAP. “Of course it’s true and you and your sisters agreed to single me out and undoubtedly would enjoy seeing me die behind bars!”
Gabi starts to walk away but Sofia isn’t quite finished yet. “Enough with the emotional blackmail, all ready! I didn’t say a thing to Sarita. I came here to say that you were the one who sent me straight to the bungalow. If it weren’t for Rosendo, I am sure that Fernando would have killed me!” Gabi changes tactics and starts with the crocodile tears. “Where do you get this foolishness? The only reason I sent you is because you insisted on finding out what happened to Root! How was I supposed to know that Fernando was alive and hiding out there in the bungalow?” (Damn! I’ve got the pattern down pat in ten months. Slowfia’s lived with this b!tch for two decades and she still can’t see past this pile of maternal bull-puckey.) Gabi starts to walk off again, and again Sofia stops her. “I just came from speaking to Padre Tadeo. He told me it’s time to demand The Truth, Mama. That’s precisely what I’ve come for. Why do you hate me so much and why would you rather become a murderer-- in order to see me killed off?”
Gabi lets fly with another signature lollapalooza slap and nearly knocks Sofia over. She screams about how utterly wicked she is. (Sofia checks to see if her teeth are all still there.) “How could you speak to your mother that way???” Sofia makes the mistake of actually trying to smart back. “It’s YOU who’s forgotten that I am your daughter.” Gabi whips around and raises her arm for round two. Eva steps out of nowhere to get in between the two of them and takes the blow for Sofia at the last instant. Eva then takes the back of her hand and whaps Gabriela a good one on the jaw, not once, but twice --just for good measure. “Don’t you dare! Don’t touch my daughter again! Don’t. Touch. My. Daughter. Again!”
Slowfia, the eternally confused, cannot understand the meaning of what she just heard. “Eva! What are you saying?” “—The truth, the truth that I should have told you as soon as I learned it. Come on. I’m going to tell you. Let’s go.” Gabi tries to stop them. “Eva, shut up!” Eva refuses. “NO! Never again will I ‘shut up’! I want everyone to know, beginning with my daughter.” To Slowfia: “Sofia, you are not this…this … woman’s daughter. (Telenovela rules forbid Eva from actually using cuss words.) You are my daughter. You are the daughter I’ve been looking for my whole life long. Yes, you are my daughter, my real daughter. My really, real daughter!” Sofia is knock-me-over-with-a-feather-impactada and can only stare as Eva’s words ricochet around in her brain. “Yes, you are my daughter, my real daughter. My really, real daughter!”
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"Ya loca esta" Perfectamente dicho, Oscar. I would have added "Siepre ha estado loca" myself, but...FINALLY (and withseveral episodes to go), Sofia finds the truth. If she doesn't take this opportunity to leave the hacienda of horrors, she might just stay there till Feo and Crabi do finally kill her. Is Fermin going to make it to Muttonchops w/o Encountering Feo? Doubt it. Feo is one tough hombre, still able to beat people up (Nabor), with only one good arm, and the other arm festering. So, things don't look good for Fermin. Things don't look so good for Feo and Crabi, their best chance (in a logical, non mexiloon reality) to just blow town with wjatever they have, cause certainly, evne they must see that the Reyes, the law, and the almighty himself are closing in...
Thanks for the fine recap, Jardinera. dorado dave
Thanks for the fine recap, Jardinera. dorado dave
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: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 2:56:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 2:56:00 PM EST
I wasn't sure I was understanding right about the being buried alive & waiting for Feo to rescue her. The same Feo that she suspected of tampering with her pills. I know things are different in novela land but being embalmed before burial might present a problem. Anyway now we know what the big deal was for Gabi about being locked in her bedroom.
One week & this dreck will be over. Suppose Televisa reads this?
One week & this dreck will be over. Suppose Televisa reads this?
Thank you for the excellent recrap, Jardinera. This was your best ever, and sin duda the Best Snark you've given us. Just think, you get the Por Fin, too!
WooHoooooooooo!
So, , , once everyone are absolutely, undeniably sure Fernando is still alive, they all run out of the dispensario and leave Sarita there, alone, unguarded, for Feo? Ummmm ... Hel-lo?!? I was sitting there going, "Que the ***?"
WooHoooooooooo!
So, , , once everyone are absolutely, undeniably sure Fernando is still alive, they all run out of the dispensario and leave Sarita there, alone, unguarded, for Feo? Ummmm ... Hel-lo?!? I was sitting there going, "Que the ***?"
Thanks, Jardinera. Your recrap was vastly superior to the stuff on screen.
The ONLY redeeming feature of Quintina's latest hi-jinks is the possibility of the strip troupe leaving town for a bigger and brighter future.
I'm another one who was disturbed by the hermanos leaving Sarita alone in the clinic. I was afraid Crabi would just go ahead and smother her or something.
Finally! Sofia learns the truth. Thank you, Eva, for handling that little job. And, for slapping Gabi.
La Paloma
The ONLY redeeming feature of Quintina's latest hi-jinks is the possibility of the strip troupe leaving town for a bigger and brighter future.
I'm another one who was disturbed by the hermanos leaving Sarita alone in the clinic. I was afraid Crabi would just go ahead and smother her or something.
Finally! Sofia learns the truth. Thank you, Eva, for handling that little job. And, for slapping Gabi.
La Paloma
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 3:49:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 3:49:00 PM EST
Terrific, funny, snarky recap.
Despite everything, I'm really enjoying these last few shows. A lot is happening, and I love seeing Crabi and Feo degenerate more and more. Things are really closing on on Crabi! And I know it's sappy, but I really liked the end where Sofia FINALLY discovers Eva is really, really, her real mother.
Despite everything, I'm really enjoying these last few shows. A lot is happening, and I love seeing Crabi and Feo degenerate more and more. Things are really closing on on Crabi! And I know it's sappy, but I really liked the end where Sofia FINALLY discovers Eva is really, really, her real mother.
It might be time to send Pad Tad to the retirement home for old/infirm clergy as he has lost it and is useless. Yes, Pad Tad, tell Slowfia to find the truth by going to see the Mama who just attempted to murder her as Slowfia just related to him. And I guess Pad Tad didn't turn in Feo's bag of evidence and money to Muttonchops and probably won't tell him that Feo beat Nabor and stole all his religious relics. Didn't think this could be much stupider but on the bright side Juan is now able to add 2 + 2 a little better. I also thought Crabi might try to choke or smother Sarita when they all left Sarita alone. And why does everyone stroke Sarita's head when they know she has a head injury.
Jardinera, thanks for the details that help me understand the dialogue and all the funny snark. GinCA Ha, ha my word verification is messe.
Jardinera, thanks for the details that help me understand the dialogue and all the funny snark. GinCA Ha, ha my word verification is messe.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 4:58:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 4:58:00 PM EST
Hey Jardinera...just one more to go, but dang! you're really hitting your stride on this one. c'mon...admit it...you're having fun.
Loved "celluloid insantiy", "blow this taco stand" and all your "fast-forwards" and "baaaad choregography". I do believe you'll miss this show when it's over, just because it made such a great target for snark.
Oh well, we do have not only Colunga but Sergio Sendel coming up. Guess you can't lose either way.
Loved "celluloid insantiy", "blow this taco stand" and all your "fast-forwards" and "baaaad choregography". I do believe you'll miss this show when it's over, just because it made such a great target for snark.
Oh well, we do have not only Colunga but Sergio Sendel coming up. Guess you can't lose either way.
Jardinera, we get all weekend to mull this episode over; as always, thank you for the spendid recrap.
What what what is going on with Pad Tad?
A)I can't hear him because of his dramatic but raspy whisper
B)What is he hiding? He is starting to act verrry strangely IMHO.
C)I agree, Sarita looked very vulnerable in that spooky deserted little dispensario.
"Creemelo"
What what what is going on with Pad Tad?
A)I can't hear him because of his dramatic but raspy whisper
B)What is he hiding? He is starting to act verrry strangely IMHO.
C)I agree, Sarita looked very vulnerable in that spooky deserted little dispensario.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 5:19:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 5:19:00 PM EST
Why couldn't Pad Tad tell anyone that Feo is alive, did Feo confess that? "Ï'm alive, but I confessed it".
I guess the man that Feo killed doesn't have a family or friends, but he seemed quite friendly with the people he was talking to in the street & apparently Pad Tad doesn't even think that if Feo wasn't in the truck, who was? And who is in Feo's grave. Right, off to the old padre's home for Pad Tad.
In novela land I guess they bury people like we bury the family pet in the back yard.
And where is Ruth's body?
I guess the man that Feo killed doesn't have a family or friends, but he seemed quite friendly with the people he was talking to in the street & apparently Pad Tad doesn't even think that if Feo wasn't in the truck, who was? And who is in Feo's grave. Right, off to the old padre's home for Pad Tad.
In novela land I guess they bury people like we bury the family pet in the back yard.
And where is Ruth's body?
Excellent Recap Jardinera. I always enjoy reading your tale of the events. One thing I would do and it is not a criticism of what you did, was to label this as Capitulo 197 instead of 198-199 simply because our version is combined, thus one episode. So techinically the mexican version of Fuego has more episodes than the univision version.
IF I was Gabriela, I too would not agree to be buried alive in order to fake my death. Unless you are The Batman with some oxygen tanks and shovels seeded in the casket, You don't want to do that. A lot of things can go wrong even if Fernando would not doublecross her, which he will. Remember the fable of the frog and the scorpion.
There are a few drugs that slow down your system to almost replicate not breathing while still keeping you alive. And as strange as it seems to us, there are burials where the corpse was not enbalmed. They have to be buried very soon though.
By this time, Fernando si so paranoid that he sneaks in and out of the Hacienda nad can't take the risk of showering, though he could brush his teeth and gargle with mouthwash. Lol. you never know who is going to come in. His best chance was when he was hiding in the cabana. The reason everybody rushed out to go to the sacristy was because they had just been arguing passionately that Fernando Escandon cannot possibly be alive. And sure enough Rigo runs in to tell them that he is indeed alive, so the shock of it all caused them to run out. If I was Juan, I would say girls stay here everyone let's go. But we know he does not think ahead.
Poor Nabor gets beat up trying to stop Fernando. Bu t you see, Fernando is used to rough housing and fighting. So even with a bad arms, Nabor was a mismatch to him. Sorry ladies. Meanwhile Jimena is the only one who trully has had it with her mama. If it was up to her, she would have left her a long time ago, and just stays for the sake of her sisters. So now Sofia and Sarita seem to have come to their senses about Gabriela orchestrating the attack on Sarita that was supposed to be for Sofia. The time for denial is over. Fight back girls!
I'm not even goint ot commnet about Quintina and her posse of strippers But I have to jnow who the wife of that businessman is. She is very attractive. Back at the sacristy, I am totally with the brothers here. I don't think it is a violation of confession to say that Fernando is alive and dangerous and that he also committed other crimes that were not confessed. He did not confess to everything. Just the murders...
Totally with Oscar and his disgust for the good Padre. Bravo in everyone's confrontation with Gabriela. Way to tell her off.
When Gabi visited Sarita, it felt kind of creepy.
"Sarita opens her eyes and remembers Fer and Mama's conversation in the Bungalow and Mama begging, Don't go,Fernado! Sarita blurts out, 'It was you with Fernando in the bungalow the night I was attacked! It was you! It was your voice! It was you!" Gabi keeps denying it and screams in frustration that Sarita is a wicked,mean daughter,but Sarita won't stop insisting it was her" is the most Damning accusation against Gabriela by any of her daughters thus far. Way to go Sarita. Gabi is out of your shadow now and we can retire Crabi jr. forever.
It is about time that Fermin had developed an conscience and courage to go along with it. It is the right thing to do. Justice.
Bravo too for Sofia for confronting Gabi on the attack on Sarita menat for her. Extra Credit for standing up to her for real. Same thing for Eva for slapping back, not once but twice. I thought they were going to have a full blown catfight. We should cue in Twisted Sister's We're not gonna take it.
Finally the revelation that Eva is Sofia's mother has come. No more suspense. time for the final week of final battles. More action please. :)
Ibarramedia
IF I was Gabriela, I too would not agree to be buried alive in order to fake my death. Unless you are The Batman with some oxygen tanks and shovels seeded in the casket, You don't want to do that. A lot of things can go wrong even if Fernando would not doublecross her, which he will. Remember the fable of the frog and the scorpion.
There are a few drugs that slow down your system to almost replicate not breathing while still keeping you alive. And as strange as it seems to us, there are burials where the corpse was not enbalmed. They have to be buried very soon though.
By this time, Fernando si so paranoid that he sneaks in and out of the Hacienda nad can't take the risk of showering, though he could brush his teeth and gargle with mouthwash. Lol. you never know who is going to come in. His best chance was when he was hiding in the cabana. The reason everybody rushed out to go to the sacristy was because they had just been arguing passionately that Fernando Escandon cannot possibly be alive. And sure enough Rigo runs in to tell them that he is indeed alive, so the shock of it all caused them to run out. If I was Juan, I would say girls stay here everyone let's go. But we know he does not think ahead.
Poor Nabor gets beat up trying to stop Fernando. Bu t you see, Fernando is used to rough housing and fighting. So even with a bad arms, Nabor was a mismatch to him. Sorry ladies. Meanwhile Jimena is the only one who trully has had it with her mama. If it was up to her, she would have left her a long time ago, and just stays for the sake of her sisters. So now Sofia and Sarita seem to have come to their senses about Gabriela orchestrating the attack on Sarita that was supposed to be for Sofia. The time for denial is over. Fight back girls!
I'm not even goint ot commnet about Quintina and her posse of strippers But I have to jnow who the wife of that businessman is. She is very attractive. Back at the sacristy, I am totally with the brothers here. I don't think it is a violation of confession to say that Fernando is alive and dangerous and that he also committed other crimes that were not confessed. He did not confess to everything. Just the murders...
Totally with Oscar and his disgust for the good Padre. Bravo in everyone's confrontation with Gabriela. Way to tell her off.
When Gabi visited Sarita, it felt kind of creepy.
"Sarita opens her eyes and remembers Fer and Mama's conversation in the Bungalow and Mama begging, Don't go,Fernado! Sarita blurts out, 'It was you with Fernando in the bungalow the night I was attacked! It was you! It was your voice! It was you!" Gabi keeps denying it and screams in frustration that Sarita is a wicked,mean daughter,but Sarita won't stop insisting it was her" is the most Damning accusation against Gabriela by any of her daughters thus far. Way to go Sarita. Gabi is out of your shadow now and we can retire Crabi jr. forever.
It is about time that Fermin had developed an conscience and courage to go along with it. It is the right thing to do. Justice.
Bravo too for Sofia for confronting Gabi on the attack on Sarita menat for her. Extra Credit for standing up to her for real. Same thing for Eva for slapping back, not once but twice. I thought they were going to have a full blown catfight. We should cue in Twisted Sister's We're not gonna take it.
Finally the revelation that Eva is Sofia's mother has come. No more suspense. time for the final week of final battles. More action please. :)
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 5:50:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 5:50:00 PM EST
Jardinera: I'm with doris; this is your best ever! Glad to know you are enjoying a sip of your copa (ill-timed or not). So am I and my appreciation knows no bounds:"pantied patooties" just missed and saved me an emergency run to Soho to the Apple store for a replacement keyboard (this has actually happened).
What I love is the rhythm and alliteration of your prose with the ironic asides: "Sofia says, au contraire ma mère (in Spanish, of course)". And how you managed to capture every bit of the tit-for-tat in that segment with the "incredulously insulted mother" and the "really real mother" and "Slowfia, the eternally confused". A real masterpiece.
This whole mishigas is almost over and what I will remember most is the great recraps!
What I love is the rhythm and alliteration of your prose with the ironic asides: "Sofia says, au contraire ma mère (in Spanish, of course)". And how you managed to capture every bit of the tit-for-tat in that segment with the "incredulously insulted mother" and the "really real mother" and "Slowfia, the eternally confused". A real masterpiece.
This whole mishigas is almost over and what I will remember most is the great recraps!
Thanks for pointing out how gross Fernando must be at this point - ee yeeeww! Your dialogue recaps were great! And I did love the "ya loca esta!" from Oscar.
Padre Tadeo really does seem to have squandered his return to life. His recalling the dagger in the cabana and the divinely opened door did save Sarita, but other than that, he's done nothing with the information he knows to stop the evil he was sent back to confront.
Padre Tadeo really does seem to have squandered his return to life. His recalling the dagger in the cabana and the divinely opened door did save Sarita, but other than that, he's done nothing with the information he knows to stop the evil he was sent back to confront.
Too funny, Sarita hears her mom's voice at the hospital & after 20+ years is just realizing (It was Mamá with Feo) that tried to kill her.
Ibarramedia - Highly unlikely the corpses are embalmed in Mexidoom, but who knows? Nuclear waste effect may be all they need.
Here in the U.S., each state has their own laws; some only require it depending on how many days before the burial and definitely required if it crosses state lines. Most funeral directors will allude to it being required, some will (to boost profit margin) even if it's not state law. Shop carefully! is what I always say.
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I also loved it when Oscar told Crabs she's already crazy. LOL
Here in the U.S., each state has their own laws; some only require it depending on how many days before the burial and definitely required if it crosses state lines. Most funeral directors will allude to it being required, some will (to boost profit margin) even if it's not state law. Shop carefully! is what I always say.
:-0
I also loved it when Oscar told Crabs she's already crazy. LOL
Jardinera, great recap. Love all the nicknames!!! By the way, not to be nitpicky against Ibarrmedia, but you are correct in labeling the cap 198-199 since that is the offical way of labeling them according to the telenovela's production company(ESMAS). If you go to univision's archives you'll find the caps labeled according to ESMAS numbering. So for those who for whatever reason, want to go back to a particular episode you need the ESMAS numbering. Again, great recap. Dee2
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 6:46:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 6:46:00 PM EST
Renee,
I guess these boots were made for something other than walking. I always thought it a little unromantic if a guy wore socks to bed. TG no spurs.
I guess these boots were made for something other than walking. I always thought it a little unromantic if a guy wore socks to bed. TG no spurs.
Dorado Dave: a "Festering Feo" --now that's a dicho I can sink my teeth into! LOL! If Fermin expects to have a sit-down with Muttonchops, he better bring a baggie of buñuelos, cuz it's plain that nothing else has gotten his attention so far.
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Variopinta: "being embalmed before burial might present a problem."/ "Sarita hears her mom's voice at the hospital & after 20+ years is just realizing (It was Mamá with Feo) that tried to kill her." Touchet!
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La Paloma: "The ONLY redeeming feature of Quintina's latest hi-jinks is the possibility of the strip troupe leaving town for a bigger and brighter future." Gotta love that positive thinking of yours. Keep hope alive.
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Variopinta: "being embalmed before burial might present a problem."/ "Sarita hears her mom's voice at the hospital & after 20+ years is just realizing (It was Mamá with Feo) that tried to kill her." Touchet!
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La Paloma: "The ONLY redeeming feature of Quintina's latest hi-jinks is the possibility of the strip troupe leaving town for a bigger and brighter future." Gotta love that positive thinking of yours. Keep hope alive.
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variopinta: yes, at least Juan and Sofia don't have the boot fetish going on!
funny how none of the Reyes have had anything to say about Quintina's business activities. plus how could she, who has been so concerned with her boys, her Johnny, in the past, be so oblivious to all the attacks and near-deaths happening to her "family" as she runs around with the patootie boys.
funny how none of the Reyes have had anything to say about Quintina's business activities. plus how could she, who has been so concerned with her boys, her Johnny, in the past, be so oblivious to all the attacks and near-deaths happening to her "family" as she runs around with the patootie boys.
Hombre: Yes! Watching Degenerating degenerates! I couldn't quite put my finger on it. One of those niggly things. Makes you sort of want to take a shower, doesn't it?
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doris: I do get to do The Por Fin! Now THAT'S what I call cosmic justice!!! I can only hope the muse is with me, BWA-HA-HA-HAAA!
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GinCA: "Yes, Pad Tad, tell Slowfia to find the truth by going to see the Mama who just attempted to murder her..." Just another example of how all you guys really know how to home in on the Facts Of Life and make me ROFLOL.
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JudyB: My respects to our resident French professor. As you can see, a few bits "de La Belle Langue" have stuck with me --but just a few! Well, the end is nigh, and I got to admit that it will be difficult to find something snarkable about TMBMOE, although, when Sergio gets into character he's such a baddy he begs to have you plaster him to the wall. I just saw the MEPS commercial and he was his usual urbane, suave, self. I can hardly wait to be immersed in a truly sophisticated cell-phone smack-down again with our Mexican version of the Ol' Blue-Eyed Prince.
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doris: I do get to do The Por Fin! Now THAT'S what I call cosmic justice!!! I can only hope the muse is with me, BWA-HA-HA-HAAA!
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GinCA: "Yes, Pad Tad, tell Slowfia to find the truth by going to see the Mama who just attempted to murder her..." Just another example of how all you guys really know how to home in on the Facts Of Life and make me ROFLOL.
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JudyB: My respects to our resident French professor. As you can see, a few bits "de La Belle Langue" have stuck with me --but just a few! Well, the end is nigh, and I got to admit that it will be difficult to find something snarkable about TMBMOE, although, when Sergio gets into character he's such a baddy he begs to have you plaster him to the wall. I just saw the MEPS commercial and he was his usual urbane, suave, self. I can hardly wait to be immersed in a truly sophisticated cell-phone smack-down again with our Mexican version of the Ol' Blue-Eyed Prince.
Thank you for the wonderful recap.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8:03:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8:03:00 PM EST
Creemelo: Pad Tad is becoming a bit too into himself. That is what's creeping me out.
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Renee: Don't know if you're old enough to remember Nancy Sinatra and her Go-Go boots or "These Boots Were Made For Walkin' "? I'd say, in Oscar's case, the song would go: "Them Boots Are Made For Knockin'"..... Guess you sort o' had to be there.
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Ibarramedia: Yep. I think that Crabi, Jr. has definitely been exorcised!
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Dee2: Glad you're having fun. The nicknames are a compilation of things the recappers and the commenters come up with over time. Like, Paula H came up with Right-armando for Fer's murdered side-kick. If you ever have a good one, throw it on out there!
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Agnes: Ah! It's the simple things that always amaze most, huh! At my stage in life I have to do what I can to regnerate my depleted mass of brain-cells. I find that Roget and Webster are the best and cheapest thrill in town --or online! Some people do crosswords on the weekends. Me? I play word games with those two old boys on Friday nights.
9 8 ? ) What's painful, though, is translating the dialogue because those writers have been hit with a serious melodramatic prose stick. It just begs to be played with. I hope to gawd they don't really talk like that in the really, real world!
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Renee: Don't know if you're old enough to remember Nancy Sinatra and her Go-Go boots or "These Boots Were Made For Walkin' "? I'd say, in Oscar's case, the song would go: "Them Boots Are Made For Knockin'"..... Guess you sort o' had to be there.
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Ibarramedia: Yep. I think that Crabi, Jr. has definitely been exorcised!
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Dee2: Glad you're having fun. The nicknames are a compilation of things the recappers and the commenters come up with over time. Like, Paula H came up with Right-armando for Fer's murdered side-kick. If you ever have a good one, throw it on out there!
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Agnes: Ah! It's the simple things that always amaze most, huh! At my stage in life I have to do what I can to regnerate my depleted mass of brain-cells. I find that Roget and Webster are the best and cheapest thrill in town --or online! Some people do crosswords on the weekends. Me? I play word games with those two old boys on Friday nights.
9 8 ? ) What's painful, though, is translating the dialogue because those writers have been hit with a serious melodramatic prose stick. It just begs to be played with. I hope to gawd they don't really talk like that in the really, real world!
Jardinera: As you are such a fan of Roget, may I suggest the Synonym Finder? I used to use this in the design office when I had to write some quick ad copy. It's entertaining as heck and so simple it feels like cheating compared to Roget.
Speaking of boots (and it's been awhile since there's been any similar action at Chez Creemelo), I could have sworn that last night it was Jimena who had the boots on. Was it just my dark TV?
"Creemelo"
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 9:15:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 9:15:00 PM EST
Agnes: Thanks mucho for the link! I looked through it and it is a treasure trove! I'm definitely going to get it.
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Creemelo: You are correctamundo! I remember that scene and both Jimena and Oscar had on their knockin' boots. I remember thinking that bad habits have a way of rubbing off on people and how it signified they were a couple for really, real now. Anyway, she had on brown knee-high boots and he had on his black workboots with white socks. A definite fashion statement for somebody or other....
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Creemelo: You are correctamundo! I remember that scene and both Jimena and Oscar had on their knockin' boots. I remember thinking that bad habits have a way of rubbing off on people and how it signified they were a couple for really, real now. Anyway, she had on brown knee-high boots and he had on his black workboots with white socks. A definite fashion statement for somebody or other....
funny how none of the Reyes have had anything to say about Quintina's business activities. plus how could she, who has been so concerned with her boys, her Johnny, in the past, be so oblivious to all the attacks and near-deaths happening to her "family" as she runs around with the patootie boys.
First of all sorry for the multiple typos in my lengthy response earlier. I had to hurry up for a dinner to got to. :D ;)
Renee, With all the intensity and crraziness of Fernando Escandon and the the drama at the Hacienda San Agustin, Quintina is the last thing on their minds. So she is left to her own devices... If they only knew what she was up to. *rolls eyes*
Creemelo, Jimena most definitely had her boots on. So did Oscar. It's their thing you know... Different strokes for different folks. But you know what? Given the circumstance of their estranged relationships with Dona Gabriela, it's just fitting to scream !Les Va LA Madre!!! I don't think the tres hermanas would object at this point. Sorry to get a little vulgar. Just had to say it... Now i'm down for some el vino de jerez anoche.
Ibarramedia
First of all sorry for the multiple typos in my lengthy response earlier. I had to hurry up for a dinner to got to. :D ;)
Renee, With all the intensity and crraziness of Fernando Escandon and the the drama at the Hacienda San Agustin, Quintina is the last thing on their minds. So she is left to her own devices... If they only knew what she was up to. *rolls eyes*
Creemelo, Jimena most definitely had her boots on. So did Oscar. It's their thing you know... Different strokes for different folks. But you know what? Given the circumstance of their estranged relationships with Dona Gabriela, it's just fitting to scream !Les Va LA Madre!!! I don't think the tres hermanas would object at this point. Sorry to get a little vulgar. Just had to say it... Now i'm down for some el vino de jerez anoche.
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 10:09:00 PM EST
: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 10:09:00 PM EST
Thanks for the masterful re-cap. And all the funny comments!
It does strain credulity that Paddy Tad can't tell anyone that Feo is alive and about. How is the fact of his existence, his aliveness a secreto de confesion?? Or is he just trying to protect the Reyes from themselves and their desire for Venganza by not telling?
I'm with the Reyes on this too...enough already, how many people could have been saved had he talked!!!
Is there some kind of comment on the church in this story, the futility, the uselessnes??, is this some kind of darkly comic satire of the church?, almost makes me think so...and wouldn't be the first.
I'm with the Pro-Sappy crowd on the final scene. It was a satisfying scene that's been a hell of a long time coming. Eva changed from her Blue Shawl of Meekness to her Yellow Shawl of Triumph for the smack down and it felt good!!
As the truth was "ricocheting around Slofia's brain" I looked at her face and I have to admit I was getting a little verklempt!
It does strain credulity that Paddy Tad can't tell anyone that Feo is alive and about. How is the fact of his existence, his aliveness a secreto de confesion?? Or is he just trying to protect the Reyes from themselves and their desire for Venganza by not telling?
I'm with the Reyes on this too...enough already, how many people could have been saved had he talked!!!
Is there some kind of comment on the church in this story, the futility, the uselessnes??, is this some kind of darkly comic satire of the church?, almost makes me think so...and wouldn't be the first.
I'm with the Pro-Sappy crowd on the final scene. It was a satisfying scene that's been a hell of a long time coming. Eva changed from her Blue Shawl of Meekness to her Yellow Shawl of Triumph for the smack down and it felt good!!
As the truth was "ricocheting around Slofia's brain" I looked at her face and I have to admit I was getting a little verklempt!
I am still laughing at this wonderful recap. and fun comments. This sucker really does go on and on and on. I figure that they can't seriously keep Feo/Crabi alive for another week-- I mean really. I don't get why everyone else got whacked in such close succession. Go figure. Yeah, the churchy guy is kind of annoying me too. After kicking Crabi out of the club, he's gone impotent.
VV who agrees that Feo does need a shower and shave. He is reeking.
VV who agrees that Feo does need a shower and shave. He is reeking.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 4:01:00 AM EST
: Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 4:01:00 AM EST
Jardinera: I hope you do get a copy. It is lovingly referred to around here as The Cinnamon Book [dyslexia abounds] and is actually pretty good bedtime reading.
And Randy: "Blue Shawl of Meekness...Yellow Shawl of Triumph" Yes! nice imagery. And I love it when people say "verklempt"
And Randy: "Blue Shawl of Meekness...Yellow Shawl of Triumph" Yes! nice imagery. And I love it when people say "verklempt"
Agnes/Randy in sea: Eva's gone from verguenza to verganza, so Pro-Sappy is good. I guess though, for me it's a bit anti-climactic. Wayyyy too long in coming as we already knew it too long before. That's a problem when the writers have to satisfy crazy demands of who knows who at Uni to stretch something out and still keep us watching every night --well, some of us are still watching every night. As for verklempt/farklempt I think fondly of this blog as the Meshugenah Misery Club as opposed to the Wo/men's Murder Club, with apologies to Mr. Patterson, of course. (Note: there's a man in that word, women, too!) And what a dull existence otherwise? ;? ))
VV: With Pad Tad it could be a problem with "sacrificial lambs syndrome", but to me (and apparently the Reyes's too) it's been more like lambs for the slaughter and really brings up a question that our Catholic friends probably have been discussing for decades, if not centuries. I'm just as torn by this, so I guess it made sense by telenovela standards to raise the question. As for me, the dude's started taking himself way too seriously and deserves to be zapped by a lightening bolt for it!
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VV: With Pad Tad it could be a problem with "sacrificial lambs syndrome", but to me (and apparently the Reyes's too) it's been more like lambs for the slaughter and really brings up a question that our Catholic friends probably have been discussing for decades, if not centuries. I'm just as torn by this, so I guess it made sense by telenovela standards to raise the question. As for me, the dude's started taking himself way too seriously and deserves to be zapped by a lightening bolt for it!
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Yes, PadTad would be more helpful in the heavens than he has been on earth, Jardinera. Many thanks for a wonderfully clever and entertaining recap. I don't watch anymore, but I'll tune in for the last night and look forward to your recap...
jb
jb
Permalink posted by : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:52:00 PM EST
: Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:52:00 PM EST
Jardinera - I'd like to say that I really like the green color font in your recap. The Friday Tontas is in red, which is nice also. The different colors make it really easy when I scroll down the page, looking for the FELS, because once I see the green I know I can stop scrolling. Thanks!
jb: Nice to see you're hanging in there in some way or other.
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doris: Glad the green works for you. I'm thinking of doing it at least for the chapter numbers since I may not always have an ed. comment.
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doris: Glad the green works for you. I'm thinking of doing it at least for the chapter numbers since I may not always have an ed. comment.
When will they reveal where Root's body is hidden....hopefully on Monday....but who knows where because Feo can teleport anywhere he wants in to Cd Serdan and he could probably take poor Root with him. Feo and Crabi must meet their just rewards this week but they must also clarify how Bernardo died. Too bad Mr. Ed (hope he is okay) isn't talking yet. Hope Crabi doesn't agree to a temporary burial as it will become permanent as we know Feo to well. Really enjoyed your snark level, Jardinera, as this really, really is real celluloid insanity. GinCA
Permalink posted by : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 7:15:00 PM EST
: Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 7:15:00 PM EST
Well, everybody else has already said it all... Padre Tadeo, I am very disappointed in you. Between your unhelpfulness and the comisario's, it's amazing that every drug cartel in the country hasn't taken up residence in this town.
Too many lapses of logic.
I agree with using the Esmas episode numbering scheme, mainly because it will help people who want to find the corresponding material on YouTube.
Too many lapses of logic.
I agree with using the Esmas episode numbering scheme, mainly because it will help people who want to find the corresponding material on YouTube.
OMG, Julie! It's bad enough dealing with Fer the as your common, run of the mill psychopath/serial killer/rapist. That's all they need, a whacked-out, hopped-up psychopath/serial killer/rapist with a mainline to a cartel. On the other hand, no self-respecting drug cartel would move in there. Drug-dealers need cell phones and that means being computerized, and phones do not exist in that parallel universe, not to mention it barely has gotten used to using the printing press....
GinCA: I'm taking bets Root's either in the cave or 6' under in the back forty somewhere, or maybe he rolled her over the same cliff her parents fell over. Hmmm. Did they ever fill back in that so-called well he had dug up?Otherwise, I haven't got a clue and I'm gonna be really steamed if they end the show and never let us know.
Jardinera, thanks for a very detailed recap. The thing I noticed and actually made me a little mad was that Sarita was trying to tell them Feo was alive and they didn't believe her but when Rigo came running in they believed him right off the bat. When Eva put the smackdown on Crabi that was just priceless! I was jumping up and down...Do it again, do it again...
On a grammatical note, can someone explain to me the use of the word Ya. It's used at the beginning of sentences and also at the end. I thought it meant "right now" or "already" but I'm just not sure.
You're pretty much correct about "ya," Connie. It just emphasizes that something has happened in the past, as far as I can tell. It seems to be somewhat redundant in that the sentence is perfectly fine without it.
Also good point about nobody believing Sarita until they get confirmation from Rigo.
I wonder if Sarita kept the gun? We never saw her put it down, but on the other hand, we didn't see her pocket it, either. It would have been smart for her to keep it away from her mother (and not just for Gabi's sake), but if she still has it when she runs into Feo... woohoo! Look out!
Also good point about nobody believing Sarita until they get confirmation from Rigo.
I wonder if Sarita kept the gun? We never saw her put it down, but on the other hand, we didn't see her pocket it, either. It would have been smart for her to keep it away from her mother (and not just for Gabi's sake), but if she still has it when she runs into Feo... woohoo! Look out!
Thanks guys. My boyfriend always says "Ya me voy" but apparently you could just say "me voy." Also you see it on the commercials that say "llame Ya!"
connie -- ya when used by itself can also mean ENOUGH. Its a shortened version of "ya basta".
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 11:14:00 AM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 11:14:00 AM EST
Thanks everybody for clearing that up.
I still hope Mr. Ed stomps Feo to death. That would be awesome. How many of us are working today?
I still hope Mr. Ed stomps Feo to death. That would be awesome. How many of us are working today?
Randy- I hadn't thought of P Tad being used as a comment on Mother Church, because, typically, this TN has shown same institution to be the refuge for hope and comfort. Yet with a spinelss priest like him, it is making the point to me that some of the rules are indeed antiquated and harmful. Perhaps a suggestion that some things need to be changed. Are these goofy writers really thayt sophisticated?
Connie, et al, I take "ya" to generally mean "already", but in use is mostly an expression of immediacy- past present or future. That's how I use it, anyway.
Connie, et al, I take "ya" to generally mean "already", but in use is mostly an expression of immediacy- past present or future. That's how I use it, anyway.
Thanks DD. I hear it so much that it drives me crazy. Another word that drives me crazy is "jamas." (never). They use that one alot in this show. Also "nunca jamas." (never ever) See, learning a language can be fun!
Anon
We know what happened to Bernardo.
He was fighting with Fernando about the latter stealing & threatened to have him arrested. I think I remember this part correctly, Bernando was trying to ride off & Fer grabbed the horse, the horse reared, Bernardo fell off & hit his head on a rock & died. The reason the horse doesn't like Fer. Really an accident with Fer's help. But then Fer placed Bernardo's body on the road in front of a drunk driver(Fermin??), who went to jail for killing Bernardo.
We know what happened to Bernardo.
He was fighting with Fernando about the latter stealing & threatened to have him arrested. I think I remember this part correctly, Bernando was trying to ride off & Fer grabbed the horse, the horse reared, Bernardo fell off & hit his head on a rock & died. The reason the horse doesn't like Fer. Really an accident with Fer's help. But then Fer placed Bernardo's body on the road in front of a drunk driver(Fermin??), who went to jail for killing Bernardo.
Variopinta, I don't think GinCa (Anon) was asking how Bernardo died. Just that Sofia, etc. need to find out what had really happened. (I'm not sure if even Gabi knows the whole story?) I had forgotten all about this, but it's true.
Grandpa had voiced his suspicions more than once, and Nabor said Bernardo already (ya!) looked dead when he hit him, but there wasn't any proof. Somehow, the true story must be revealed. It is time for Mr. Ed to speak up!
Grandpa had voiced his suspicions more than once, and Nabor said Bernardo already (ya!) looked dead when he hit him, but there wasn't any proof. Somehow, the true story must be revealed. It is time for Mr. Ed to speak up!
I hope we see Jefe and Pedro and Benito and Bruno and Octavio again. And even what's his name, that guy with the horses that Sofia was totally not into.
I'd even be okay with seeing Dr. Hotlips and her dad again, along with the assistant shot-giver from the jungle.
But I don't need to see Maracuya ever again!
I'd even be okay with seeing Dr. Hotlips and her dad again, along with the assistant shot-giver from the jungle.
But I don't need to see Maracuya ever again!
I wonder if abuelo will show up for the wedding? Probably Joaquín Cordero just wanted out of this mierda.
Ha! Maybe Abuelo and Santa will come back with an advertising insert from Best Buy. They can set up the whole town with TVs and telephones!
(Maybe they can bring a real policeman, too.)
(Maybe they can bring a real policeman, too.)
They definitely have lots to clear up this week. At least 2 more people have to die, and we have to have the big triple wedding. I really hope we get to find out what happened to Root's body and that Rigo's tumor issue is resolved for the better. Other than that, I can't think of any loose ends to care about-least of all Quintina and her band of male strippers? dancers? whatever.
Does anyone have any way of finding out when the cast will appear on Christina? I'm gonna be gone next week and would like to set my recorder, but the guide on my tv doesn't give that info.
JEN
Does anyone have any way of finding out when the cast will appear on Christina? I'm gonna be gone next week and would like to set my recorder, but the guide on my tv doesn't give that info.
JEN
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:28:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:28:00 PM EST
I really miss Abuelo. Not so much Santa but Abuelo yes. I think he has to come back for the wedding. Although since they don't have any way to contact him except by carrier pidgeon I'm not sure the message will get there in time.
I'm sure his grandfatherly intuition will bring him home in time for the wedding!!
JEN, I don't know if it's been officially announced yet, but the cast show on Cristina should be on Monday (a week from today). That's normally when they do it - the Monday after the finale.
Sometimes there's a two-part Cristina show, with the second one airing the following Monday.
JEN, I don't know if it's been officially announced yet, but the cast show on Cristina should be on Monday (a week from today). That's normally when they do it - the Monday after the finale.
Sometimes there's a two-part Cristina show, with the second one airing the following Monday.
Jen -- the cast of FELS is scheduled for Cristina's Monday 2/23 show. According to a TV Novela article Cristina filmed enough for 3 episodes. Don't know if the 2/23 is a condensed version of the first of 3 shows. I did read earlier that one of the three shows she filmed in Puebla was exclusively with Vicente Fernandez (whose FELS connection is he sings the theme song).
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:51:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:51:00 PM EST
Correction:
Jen -- the cast of FELS is scheduled for Cristina's Monday 2/23 show. According to a TV Novela article Cristina filmed enough for 3 episodes. Don't know if the 2/23 is a condensed version OR the first of 3 shows. I did read earlier that one of the three shows she filmed in Puebla was exclusively with Vicente Fernandez (whose FELS connection is he sings the theme song).
Jen -- the cast of FELS is scheduled for Cristina's Monday 2/23 show. According to a TV Novela article Cristina filmed enough for 3 episodes. Don't know if the 2/23 is a condensed version OR the first of 3 shows. I did read earlier that one of the three shows she filmed in Puebla was exclusively with Vicente Fernandez (whose FELS connection is he sings the theme song).
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:53:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:53:00 PM EST
"I hope we see Jefe and Pedro and Benito and Bruno and Octavio again. And even what's his name, that guy with the horses that Sofia was totally not into.
I'd even be okay with seeing Dr. Hotlips and her dad again, along with the assistant shot-giver from the jungle.
But I don't need to see Maracuya ever again!"
Wow Julie, the dislike for Maracuya is intense amongst the female majority here. ;) At least you like Leonora 'Hotlips' Castaneda and Ruth enough... and the name you are looking for is el jinete Damien Ferrer.
Ibarramedia
I'd even be okay with seeing Dr. Hotlips and her dad again, along with the assistant shot-giver from the jungle.
But I don't need to see Maracuya ever again!"
Wow Julie, the dislike for Maracuya is intense amongst the female majority here. ;) At least you like Leonora 'Hotlips' Castaneda and Ruth enough... and the name you are looking for is el jinete Damien Ferrer.
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:56:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:56:00 PM EST
I'm at work today. Blech!
I have found exclaiming Basta at work is not good. Sounds to much like something else.
I have found exclaiming Basta at work is not good. Sounds to much like something else.
Sorry you're working today Molly. Sometimes I let fly a "maldita sea" and people look at me strangely. I think to make this week perfect we need a shower or swimming scene for sure. Feo needs a bath but that's not exactly what I had in mind. :}
Molly, you've got to put the Ya! in there too. It's an all purpose word and makes more of a statement. :P
I like using sueltme, that always gets attention. My limited spanish is things I can yell at people. So useful! I will remember the Ya. I'm sure my boss will appreciate it.
Thanks so much for the Cristina information! JEN
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 3:34:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 3:34:00 PM EST
What phrases have we learned from the Mexiloonies:
Sueltame
Por el amor del dios
nunca jamas
maldita sea
malhaya
These are the ones off the top of my head.
Sueltame
Por el amor del dios
nunca jamas
maldita sea
malhaya
These are the ones off the top of my head.
Connie, you forgot the infamous 'No me toque' or don't touch me of our dearest departed Ruth. And Nada y Nadie. Nothing and no one by Gabriela.
Ibarramedia
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 4:31:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 4:31:00 PM EST
Kris, I always love your recaps and this is especially entertaining. Is it possible that perhaps Ruth could have survived the little stab by Fernando? It appeared to me that he only stabbed her once and of course the knife was tiny. Coyotes could have found her body, recognized it as the sister of one of their own, taken her to their cave and nursed her back to health. I know, wishful thinking, but then natural laws of nature don't apply in this marvelous world. Alas, just one more wk. Carlos
Thanks Ibarramedia. How could I forget that one! Another one was largase (I'm not exactly sure on the meaning of that one) get out maybe? I like your idea Carlos. I'm still hoping at least her body will show up or she'll be a ghost.
Connie, how about.......para siempre.
We only heard those words about a thousand times mainly by Juan and Slofia just before they split up, again. And Vicente sang those words beautifully every night. GinCA
We only heard those words about a thousand times mainly by Juan and Slofia just before they split up, again. And Vicente sang those words beautifully every night. GinCA
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 4:46:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 4:46:00 PM EST
Jardinera, Thanks for giving your penultimate recap the dignity of such a thorough translation of virtually all the scenes. This show has been so long it is getting hard to remember all the details. I do hope the Bernardo -vs- Feo incident comes to full light. Who knows if we will have a fulfilling end to Feonando and Gabriela. They are so evil and so wicked, it may be just lumped over since we have only one last week. I expect that the Thursday episode will bring back some memories but the whole week could be that way too. I have high hopes that Abuelo Agustin will return for the weddings.
Good luck with the final, Jardinera. I liked some of the other endings where there was a two or three hour finale we could all share but this will be fun to comment on and then put to bed for once and all.
On to the future: The beautiful horses in MEPS belong to Vicente Fernandez in real life according to my Mexican Mama Isabel. They live on his ranch outside of Guadalajara. They match the cast of most beautiful people so well! Can't wait.
Good luck with the final, Jardinera. I liked some of the other endings where there was a two or three hour finale we could all share but this will be fun to comment on and then put to bed for once and all.
On to the future: The beautiful horses in MEPS belong to Vicente Fernandez in real life according to my Mexican Mama Isabel. They live on his ranch outside of Guadalajara. They match the cast of most beautiful people so well! Can't wait.
We could also add, "Chirrion!", which is what Juan often sez. My dictionary defines it as whip, or string, or as a chat between lovers. I'd never heard the word before, and those defs don't really make sense. Anyone know about it?
I'm looking forward to Cristina's show. I'd like to know that Feo and Crabiela are just characters played by nice people that happen to be actors...
I'm looking forward to Cristina's show. I'd like to know that Feo and Crabiela are just characters played by nice people that happen to be actors...
Larguese - means to Go away! Or get out!
bete- just means leave.
Dejeme en paz-Leafve me alone!
No Moleste- Don't be a pest
Descanse en paz-rest in peace
Mira me- Look at me.
Ibarramedia
bete- just means leave.
Dejeme en paz-Leafve me alone!
No Moleste- Don't be a pest
Descanse en paz-rest in peace
Mira me- Look at me.
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 5:53:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 5:53:00 PM EST
Connie: One more meaning for "Ya" when used with a verb in the future tense means "later" or actually, to my way of thinking "then".
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Cheryl: I guess once I get started I just can't stop. Trust me, I've tried! 6 8 > ] When I thought there was going to be a 2 hr. final I was definitely considering sharing like we did with DA. Two hrs. is just too much I tend to think. Anyway, I have a feeling there'll be twice as much filler as normal because they've had to combine 30 min. episodios and still make it to a one hr. fin. on Friday.
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Cheryl: I guess once I get started I just can't stop. Trust me, I've tried! 6 8 > ] When I thought there was going to be a 2 hr. final I was definitely considering sharing like we did with DA. Two hrs. is just too much I tend to think. Anyway, I have a feeling there'll be twice as much filler as normal because they've had to combine 30 min. episodios and still make it to a one hr. fin. on Friday.
Jardinera,
The first hour of the finale is Thursday. The second half is Friday. Tonight are episodes 200 &102; tomorrow 202& 203; and wed. 204 & 205. In Mexico they aired the finale as a 2 hour special on a Sunday night.
The first hour of the finale is Thursday. The second half is Friday. Tonight are episodes 200 &102; tomorrow 202& 203; and wed. 204 & 205. In Mexico they aired the finale as a 2 hour special on a Sunday night.
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 6:13:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 6:13:00 PM EST
dorado dave: I've also got a couple of interesting definitions for "chirrión" 1) a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution, 2)a whip 3)a chat or a conversation, especially between lovers. My best guess is #1 or #3 somehow evolved into an expletive semi-deletable....
Sorry, obviously I meant 200 & 201 tonight (not 200 & 102)
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 6:15:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 6:15:00 PM EST
Anon. 6:13 pm - Thanks! That probably means very little filler then, which is the way I like it. Maybe we will get a lot more subplot resolution as an added bonus.
Another fave expression:
"Te lo suplico" (I beseech you).
It seems like most of Sofia's many prayers to the Virgencita started off this way.
"Creemelo"
"Te lo suplico" (I beseech you).
It seems like most of Sofia's many prayers to the Virgencita started off this way.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 6:53:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 6:53:00 PM EST
I thought of some good phrases to add:
¡me las va a pagar!
¡maldito desgraciado!
¡desgraciado muerto de hambre!
¡maldito infeliz!
usually from the bad guys, or these from the good:
¡no te angusties¡
!calmate!
¡no te alteres! (always from sofia to gabi)
¿como te atreves?
Little more drama than your everyday language but who knows, could come in handy.
¡me las va a pagar!
¡maldito desgraciado!
¡desgraciado muerto de hambre!
¡maldito infeliz!
usually from the bad guys, or these from the good:
¡no te angusties¡
!calmate!
¡no te alteres! (always from sofia to gabi)
¿como te atreves?
Little more drama than your everyday language but who knows, could come in handy.
Calmate and Tranquilo
Maldito Perro!
No te precupes
Ibarramedia
Maldito Perro!
No te precupes
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 7:15:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 7:15:00 PM EST
Have I read in the credits that the actor who plays Tio Vicente is Vicente Fernandez Jr, or am I imagining that?
You are correct Renee. That is him alright.
Ibarramedia
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 7:45:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 7:45:00 PM EST
Connie, love your idea of the list. It will improve my Spanish understanding of the novela dialogue. I think I get the gist of the meanings. How about this line (was it Sofia's): GinCA
no puede ser, no puede ser
no puede ser, no puede ser
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 9:44:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 9:44:00 PM EST
How about this one:
"Donde esta mi hija?"
Now there's a phrase that will come in handy in everyday use, que no?
"Creemelo"
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"Donde esta mi hija?"
Now there's a phrase that will come in handy in everyday use, que no?
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 10:24:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 10:24:00 PM EST
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